Hand-press for printing wall-paper.



PAT-BNI'ED 1130.8, 1902'.

E. A. PO-PGKB. HAND PRESS FOR PRINTING WALL PAPER;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1903."

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' Patented December 8, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EMIL A. POPOKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-PRESS FOR PRINTING WALL-PAPER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,152,dated December 8, 1 903. Application filed July 28, 1903. Serial No. 167,267. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL A. POPCKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, (Bronx,) county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand- Presses for Printing Wall-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hand-press for printing a multicolored ground or pattern on wall-paper in such a way that the colors will blend into each other.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hand-press embodying my invention. Fig. 2isase'otion through the upper part thereof on line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a similar section showing the stencil raised and the printing-block in position.

The letter a represents a slnshbox supported on feet a and adapted to contain a body of water that acts as a cushion. Upon ledges a 'of box a is supported a frame 1), provided with a water-tight canvas bottom 1). The frame 1) contains the print-cloth 0, made of felt or other material, said cloth being sunk below the top of the frame and slush-box. To the upper edge of box a is hinged at d a movable stencil-plate d, which is adapted to be supported upon the top of frame I). The plate d, when lowered, is thus placed into parallelism with the print-cloth, but at a distance therefrom, a free-space 6, Fig. 2, intervening between them. The stencil-plate dis composed, essentially, of connected narrow upright ribs arranged to form a suit-able pattern, such pattern corresponding either to the groundwork or' to the pattern which is to be printed upon the wall-paper. The drawings show the stencil arranged to print a groundwork formed of a number of ovals f to be printed in one color and of surrounding irregular fields g to be printed in another color.

In use the stencil is lowered upon the frame b, Fig. 2, and then the paint is applied to the print-cloth c by a brush projected through the stencil-plate. Thus, say, a dark color is applied through the ovals f and alight color is applied through the fields g. 'As the stencil does not contact with the print-cloth, but is raised ofithe same, the boundary lines between the dark and'light colors will disappear on the print-cloth, and consequently such colors will blend. After the cloth 0 has been prepared in the manner described the It is obvious that in lieu. of printing the background of the wall-paper the stencilplate may be .of such a configuration as to print the pattern. In that case the background is first printed by the use ofone stenoil and then the pattern is printed upon the background by the use of a second stencil.

It will be seen that by my invention I can produce multicolored designs on wall-paper in a quick and accurate manner and so that the colors will blend into a harmonious pattern.

What I claim is 1. A hand-press for wall-paper composed of a slush-box, an inclosed frame having a bottom, a print-cloth. supported thereby, and a movable stencil-plate above said cloth, substantially as specified.

2. A hand-press for wall-paper, provided with a print-cloth, a movable stencil-plate, and means for supporting said plate at-a distance above the print-cloth, substantially as specified. i

3. A hand-press, for wall-paper, composed of a slush-box, an inclosed frame having a canvas bottom, a print-cloth within the frame, a stencil-plate, and means for supporting said plate at a distance above the print-cloth, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) New York, this 27th day-of July, 1903. EMIL A. POPCKE.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM 801mm. 

